Research Article
Nov 1980
High Altitude Photos for Inactive Mines
Publication: Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division
Volume 106, Issue 1
Abstract
The utility of high altitude, 1:120,000-scale, color, infrared aerial photographs for inventorying inactive surface mines and assessing their environmental conditions was demonstrates for a 200 sq mile (500 km²) area in Pennsylvania. Some 60 surface mines that had been abandoned with little or no reclamation were detected using 1971, 1973, and 1975 photographs. Revegetation was the primary indicator. Through stereoscopic analysis of the photographs, each inactive mine was characterized by mining method, topographic features, erosion, mass wasting, revegetation, water quality, and visibility from roads or populous areas. Numerical values were assigned to these characteristics in order that a rating could be calculated for each mine. This rating reflected the mine's overall level of environmental disturbance or potential environmental hazard.
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Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division
Volume 106 • Issue 1 • November 1980
Pages: 27 - 34
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Nov 1980
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Jan P. Berger
Geologist, TAMS, Engrs. and Consultants, New York, N.Y.
Warren R. Philipson, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof., School of Civ. and Environmental Engrg., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.
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